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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 880 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of |
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| 6 | 6 | | higher education participating in Federal student assistance programs |
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| 7 | 7 | | from giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to legacy |
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| 8 | 8 | | students or donors. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH6, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. M |
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| 12 | 12 | | ERKLEY(for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, and Mr. PADILLA) introduced the |
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| 13 | 13 | | following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on |
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| 14 | 14 | | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit |
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| 17 | 17 | | institutions of higher education participating in Federal |
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| 18 | 18 | | student assistance programs from giving preferential |
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| 19 | 19 | | treatment in the admissions process to legacy students |
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| 20 | 20 | | or donors. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair College Admis-4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | sions for Students Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 880 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. BAN ON LEGACY OR DONOR PREFERENCES IN AD-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | MISSIONS. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—Section 487(a) of the Higher 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(30) The institution will not provide any man-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ner of preferential treatment in the admission proc-7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ess to applicants on the basis of their relationships 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | to— 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(A) donors to the institution; or 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(B) alumni of the institution.’’. 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) E |
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| 42 | 42 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of the sec-13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ond award year (as defined in section 481(a) of the Higher 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(a))) that begins 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | after the date of enactment of this Act. 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Æ |
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